Side Table with a Sleeping Dog
Side table composed of a top in black and silver lacquer depicting a dog sleeping on a black lacquer Chinese style structure.
Signed: Jean Dunand on the top.
Circa: 1925.
Dimensions :
Height: 14 ¼ in.
Width: 25 ¼ in.
Depth: 18 in.
Remarks:
Genius brass ware worker, goldsmith, lacquer and sculptor, the name of Jean Dunand is associated to decorative Arts.
Through contact with Sugawara, a Japanese lacquerer living in France, he became an exceptional lacquerer. In a simple and pure form, Jean Dunand highlights the art of lacquering, which he combines with magnificent work in the decorative arts.
Bibliography :
Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, vie et œuvre, Ed. de l’Amateur, Paris, 1991, a table with a different composition but with the same shape illustrated on page 86 n°73, cat. 439.
